OREANDA-NEWS. Gazprom Headquarters has hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Kaluga Oblast.

The parties examined the progress in implementing the Agreement of cooperation between Gazprom and the Kaluga Oblast.

The meeting discussed the progress of the regional gasification in the frames of the Program for gasification of the RF regions over 2005 to 2007 as well as issues relevant to debt payment by the regional consumers for gas delivered.

Within 2006 the indebtedness of regional consumers for gas delivered decreased up to RUR 209.2 million and as of January 1, 2007 it accounts for RUR 5.7 million. Most of the companies pay for gas in advance, however the population has a debt in amount of RUR 68.93 million.